epidemiologist

epidemiologist

[ep″ĭ-de″me-ol´o-jist]

one who specializes in epidemiology.

ep·i·de·mi·ol·o·gist

(ep'i-dē'mē-ol'ŏ-jist),

An investigator who studies the occurrence of disease or other health-related conditions, states, or events in specified populations; one who practices epidemiology; the control of disease is usually also considered to be a task of the epidemiologist.

epidemiologist

[-dē′mē·ol′əjist]

a physician or medical scientist who studies the incidence, prevalence, spread, prevention, and control of disease in a community or a specific group of individuals. In a hospital a physician may be assigned as a staff epidemiologist with responsibility for directing infection control programs within the facility.

ep·i·de·mi·ol·o·gist

(ep'i-dē'mē-ol'ŏ-jist)

An investigator who studies the occurrence of disease or other health-related conditions, states, or events in specified populations; one who practices epidemiology; the control of disease usually is also considered a task of the epidemiologist.

ep·i·de·mi·ol·o·gist

(ep'i-dē'mē-ol'ŏ-jist)

An investigator who studies occurrence of disease or other health-related conditions, states, or events in specified populations.

One area where many of the epidemiologists said they felt unqualified was dealing with cross-cutting issues that are not necessarily specific to epidemiology, such as engaging with other health department staff to collaborate on projects or communicating persuasively.

This will create a unified understanding amongst current and aspiring field epidemiologists, which is a goal that will improve regional capacities in areas of disease detection and investigation program design.

The authors say these commonsense ideas haven't been adopted by epidemiologists for a variety of reasons, such as lack of awareness about their importance to risk assessors, unavailability of the information in the base data, or lack of space due to journal restrictions (although some journals now publish supplemental data at no additional cost).

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